This passage is an extract from Joseph O’ Connor’s Star of the sea which was penned in the year 2002. The passage makes use of a third person narrative view point as a result of which the readers are provided with a vivid image of passengers aboard a stormy sea ship. The passage talks about a ship afloat a stormy sea and how the passengers on the deck are caught unaware due to this storm. The author uses a descriptive style of writing with short crisp sentences that heighten the pace of the story
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“Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo. Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently
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Every year‚ millions of animals suffer through painful and unnecessary tests. Animals in laboratories all over the world live lives of deprivation‚ pain‚ isolation‚ and torture. Even though vast studies show that animal experimentation often lacks validity‚ leading to harmful human reactions‚ we still continue to use this method of experimentation‚ while many other less-expensive and more beneficial alternatives exist. Going beyond the issue of animal experimentation being morally wrong‚ this form
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Dead Star \ Alfredo Salazar - son of Don Julian‚ a more than 30 years old man and a bachelor. He is engaged to Esperanza but him still fleeting to Julia Salas. \ Esperanza - wife of Alfredo Salazar. She is a homely woman‚ literal minded and intensely acquisitive. She is one of those fortunate women who have the gift of uniformly beauty. \ Julia Salas - sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle. She is the other girl of Alfredo Salazar that remains single in her entire life. \ Don Julian - an old man
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The Movie - “Like Stars on Earth” Negative practices Intervention (in general) Intervention (literacy skills) Both the parents‚‚the teachers and the school were blind to the kid’s immense difficulty. 1. Ishaan did third grade twice because of he practically failed all his subjects. How could he not without knowing how to read and write? The language teacher insisted that he would read‚ even after he told her that the letters were dancing. Despite his unease and embarrassment she kept yelling "read
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Title: Dead Stars Author: Born in 1894 in Lucena City‚ Quezon. Marquez - Benítez authored the first Filipino modern English language short story‚ Dead Stars‚ published in the Philippine Herald in 1925. Born into the prominent Marquez family of Quezon province‚ she was among the first generation of Filipino people trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction. She graduated high school in Tayabas High School now‚ Quezon National High School and college from
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Cruel Punishment Have you ever wondered how it would feel to be discriminated just because of your religion or what you wear? What do you think it would feel like to be treated like outsiders or terrorists? Well guess what this happens to Muslims every day‚ they are the people who get discriminated and are treated as outsiders. Muslims are given a cruel punishment just for being their religion or if their parents are Muslims. This happens in many different countries especially the United States
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Summary: Dead Stars by Paz Marquez-Benitez (In which I transferred and extended.) *** Oh what a shame! I haven’t posted anything for a long time. Though I did not want to blame it to the fact that I was recently buried in a terrible work load and a painful school schedule made more complicated by tasks and deadlines‚ I just can’t. But come to think of it‚ it won’t hurt if I post the summaries and reviews that hinder me from reading and blogging‚ will it? Besides‚ they’re still literature
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The Reverse of Disorder in Cruel Intentions Sex‚ revenge‚ manipulation‚ seduction‚ and love are the table turners in the teenage drama “Cruel Intentions”. The movie is a present day version of the classic ``Dangerous Liaisons’’ in which Kathryn and Sebastian‚ two wealthy‚ manipulative teenage step-siblings from Manhattan’s upper-side‚ conspire to ruin the lives of the individuals around them. The elements of danger are high when the twosome agrees to take part in a gamble of sexual corruptions.
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human purposes‚ without consideration of the pain or discomfort that it may cause these creatures. Approximately one hundred million animals are used in laboratories annually world wide‚ and it is time for that to change. Not only is animal testing cruel and inhumane‚ but it is also not necessary‚ as it is not always accurate and there are now alternatives to test products. Some of these subjects are given random drugs or chemicals to test the affects they might have‚ even though these could potentially
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